Whip-socket



(No Model.)

M. M. ZELLERS.

WHIP SOCKET. No. 324,064. Patented Aug. 11, 1885 l'iy. 5

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IINiTE TATES MAHLON M. ZELLERS, OF KENT, OHIO.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,064, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed August 30, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MAHLON M. ZELLERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kent, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lock WVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in whip-sockets provided with devices for fastening or looking the -whip in the same.

It also relates to improvements in looks adapted to be applied to whip-sockets and similar articles.

The object of my invention is the construction of a whip-socket in which the whip may be locked.

It consists in the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a whip socket provided with my improved lock Fig. 2, a View of lock with face-plate removed; Fig. 3, an end elevation of lock at line a .r of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a front elevation of locking-pawl and cam and disk; Fig. 5, a similar view of cam with iiitertnediate spring; Fig. (i, a plan of lockingpawl, and Fig. 7 the key.

Attached to one side of the whip-socket A is the lock B, in which is pivoted a pawl, 0, adapted to swing into A through a narrow orifice connecting the lock and socket. The front end of the pawl has a broad, curved, hollow face (see Fig. 6) placed at an angle with the central line, and constitutes a cam, which, when thrown forward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, encounters the handle of the whip and prevents its withdrawal from the socket, any attempt to do which causing it to press more firmly. This pawl is thrown forward by the cam E, upon the flat side of which it rests when unlocked or withdrawn. The cam 11 is loosely mounted on the key-post G, and has on its face an annular channel, in which is a curved spring, the two ends of which, 0 e, are turned outward, Fig. 5, the end 6 resting against. a shoulder of the cam. The other end, 0, rests against a lug, f, projecting inward from the disk F, which is also mounted on the key-post and rests against the face of the cam E, and is turned by the key H, resting in the notch j'. By

turning the disk F the cam E is at the same time revolved through the medium of the to withdraw the whip or any other cause the pawl swings farther upward, the cam, actuated by the spring 0 6, follows it up and retains it. Two tumblers, D D, one whereof is shown in Fig. 2, are pivoted on the .post with the pawl, and have suitable notches and passes to receive a lug, f, projecting outward from the disk F, and retain it when locked and unlocked.

I do not confine my invention to the exact form of socket here shown, but the same may be applied to any other form with equal ad- I vantage.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a whip-socket, of a pawl connected therewith, arranged to engage the whip therein, and acam actuated by a spring and arranged to follow the forward movement of and retain said pawl, all arranged and constructed substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a whip socket, of a locking-pawl, a cam which actuates the same, and a disk mounted on the same part, and arranged by means of a spring to revolve said cam, said cam and disk each free to make a partial rotary movementindependent of the other, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

3. The herein-described whip-socket, consisting of the socket A, pawl O, tumblers D l), cam E, disk F, and spring 0 0, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of August, A. D. 1884.

MAHLON M. ZELLERS.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS WILLIARD, I. W. ARMSTRONG. 

